You?re going to want to check the online Apple Store come Oct 7 to see if the 4S will be offered unlocked, without a carrier, just as the iPhone 4 is today, albeit in small print at the bottom of the page. Today the unlocked 4 is available for $549, but is not a true world phone like the 4S will be.

Point taken. Apple Canada store only shows “starting at $649”. Apple US store shows $199 with 2 year contract. The Canada store must mean unlocked. If not, we will be revolting and joining the US.

We have our first virtual teardown for those updating their GM numbers.

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Do you think this info is relatively accurate? If so, I think iPhone GM% scales 60% in FY12.

I’ll wait to see isuppli numbers and compare. Were not sure on the LPDDR2 since it is either. 512MB or 1GB. The NAND pricing is where I would think, and the display/touch panel should be coming down from last year. I thought I heard in the presentation a rough percentage of iPhone 4 haven’t got back to check. Did anyone hear a percentage.

As far as buying. My son is getting one my contract requires a full price upgrade so I’ll wait.

I’m going to start checking the Apple website at 11:30 pm Thursday night. I still haven’t decided whether I’ll have them ship it or wait in line on Day one.

I heard the guy from Engadget say he was impressed with Siri. Here’s a clip from Topolsky at thisismynext. Sounds like Siri is impressive even as a beta product.

...this might not sound like much, but in use I found it kind of staggering. I wasn?t speaking slowly (as Scott did during the event) or even trying very hard to sound clear. There was background noise. But it really worked, and worked well.

Here’s a clip from Topolsky at thisismynext. Sounds like Siri is impressive even as a beta product.

...this might not sound like much, but in use I found it kind of staggering. I wasn?t speaking slowly (as Scott did during the event) or even trying very hard to sound clear. There was background noise. But it really worked, and worked well.

It occurred to me, after reading his review, that SIRI has the potential to displace a huge amount of SMS texting. There’s no reason for SMS to cost $10 a month, none at all. If you can voice text for free (except data usage) why would anyone pay extra to text the old school way?

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This time I will get it unlocked, so I can finally get rid of my German T-Mobile contract. The 4S starts at 629?, including tax. I can get a relatively cheap contract for 1GB data at 9,90?, calls will be at 0,09? per minute, or I could add a flat rate.

Am very excited about the new camera. I think this might be truly the first phone that can displace the need for a portable digital camera. The 4’s camera was good, but this new camera just looks phenomenal.

Siri also looks awesome, although like others, am not sure how much I will use it. Probably will use it to set me alarm each night just because I can, but other than that, not too sure. It will also have to work straight out of the box, first time. If it screws up even once at the beginning I will probably become frustrated and never use it again. I just hate technology that doesn’t work. Ie if it makes my life even somewhat more irksome then I’m destined to stop using it. Am fairly sure most people are like this as well, and hence why Apple’s products sell so well. They almost always just work.

What do you think the current BOM is for the 3GS? I’m thinking the gross margin on that thing today at an ASP of $400 is 75%+.

Edited to add that I think F2Q11 is going to be bigger than F1Q11 for iPhone as Apple opens the production and distribution floodgates for this phone.

My estimate is $105 BOM for the 3GS but I wonder what the subsidized rate will be. If it’s $400 we are looking at 74% but I would think 3GS might get lower subsidy. I will be looking at the Paygo price in some other markets to get a better feel.

I’m going to start checking the Apple website at 11:30 pm Thursday night. I still haven’t decided whether I’ll have them ship it or wait in line on Day one.

I just chatted with an Apple Online Store rep and she confirmed that in-store pick-up of pre-ordered iPhones will not be possible this time. I’m going to pre-order and wait for the delivery person. Last time I had an Apple product delivered it came via FedEx. Anyone know what they use lately?

I’m going to start checking the Apple website at 11:30 pm Thursday night. I still haven’t decided whether I’ll have them ship it or wait in line on Day one.

I just chatted with an Apple Online Store rep and she confirmed that in-store pick-up of pre-ordered iPhones will not be possible this time. I’m going to pre-order and wait for the delivery person. Last time I had an Apple product delivered it came via FedEx. Anyone know what they use lately?

I find that hard to believe. Why would Apple not want people to go to their stores to pick theirs up?

I agree though, the Apple Store should (and still can) set up something like an iPhone express line. Existing iPhone users can run on in, get their iPhone, and activate it at home. Empties the store more quickly and promotes max sellthrough.

OTOH, you know Apple and its addiction to buzz.

I’ll go call Apple too and see about that. If nothing else, I guess I can just pre-order. Not having the 4S on day one won’t break my heart.

Aw man. Just called 1-800-MY-APPLE. Like in Drew’s case, the Apple phone rep said online orders are mail-only. And to the billed account’s mailing address. Not so great if you’re on a family plan and you don’t live in the same state, though you CAN call after the fact and change the shipping address…which is needless headache for the Apple reps.

I just chatted with an Apple Online Store rep and she confirmed that in-store pick-up of pre-ordered iPhones will not be possible this time. I’m going to pre-order and wait for the delivery person. Last time I had an Apple product delivered it came via FedEx. Anyone know what they use lately?

I find that hard to believe. Why would Apple not want people to go to their stores to pick theirs up?

I was confirming what was posted on another forum. It’s always possible Apple could change that policy by Friday. I had to rephrase the question more precisely to avoid the canned response, so I’m pretty sure she checked before giving me the final answer.

As to why, maybe Apple doesn’t want to deal with complaints from people who don’t know why there’s a shorter line?